Truth Isn't in the Details

Newspaper clipping published in the Los Angeles Times on February 6, 2000 that discusses factual accuracy in film making. "Boys Don't Cry" receives the plurality of space in this review, with the author quoting Hilary Swank's Oscar acceptance speech referencing Brandon Teena, as well as other people involved in the production of the film. This is the first of a two-part series from the same author on a "truth-in-movies debate." Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as the target of gruesome anti-LGBT hate crimes. Brandon's death became a major news item, and the language used to describe his identity and depict the violence he suffered by contemporary press coverage ranges from insensitive to outright cruel.

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Identifier: df65v788h
Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Date Issued: Feb. 6, 2000
Dates Covered: 1999 to 2000
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): 60 Minutes
A Civil Action
Boys Don't Cry
Brandon Teena
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Denzel Washington
Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry
Hilary Swank
Mike Wallace
New York Times
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Summer of Sam
The Hurricane
The Insider
Places: California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles
Nebraska > Richardson > City of Humboldt > Humboldt
Topic(s): Anti-queer violence
Anti-transgender violence
Gender identity
Sexual violence
Transmasculine people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/8049g527s
Rights: In copyright
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